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Dennis Brothers – Grace’s Guides

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http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Dennis_Brothers see Hk Fire Service/Brigade website for hk connection and image(s) below dennis bros from graces guides 1885 John Dennis commenced building cycles 1898 Brought his younger brother Raymond in to the business. Produced motorcycles called Speed Kings. 1895 Company founded. 1895 Built their first car.[1] 1901 The company was registered on 1 July, and carries on the business of motor vehicle manufacturers. [2] John Corsey and Raymond […]

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Catalogue of Tunnels in HK – road, railway, water supply, drainage and sewage, cables and others

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Industrial Districts + Locations, Utilities

HF: The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD)  has published a Catalogue of Hong Kong Tunnels (up to February 2015). The list is extensive and as far as I know does not appear in a format which can be “searched”. The tunnels are grouped: 1. Road 2. Railway (MTRC and ex KCRC) 3. Water Supply 4. Drainage and Sewage 5. […]

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Oriental Pacific Mills (東亞太平) – the Largest Wool Textile Producer in HK

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
Oriental Pacific Mills Detail Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: Oriental Pacific Mills (東亞太平) – the Largest Wool Textile Producer in HK Left: Oriental Pacific Mills at Sheung Kwai Chung in 1966 (Land Use Survey, HKU Libraries); Right: logo of Oriental Pacific Mills Oriental Pacific Mills (refer to as “OP”) was the largest worsted and woolen spinning group in HK which was formed in 1959 as the result […]

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Yan Kow (甄球) and Hip Hing Construction (協興建築)

Articles, Construction, Hong Kong Companies, People
Yan Kow & Hip Hing Construction Image 5 York Lo

York Lo: Yan Kow (甄球) and Hip Hing Construction (協興建築) Left: Yan Kow (right) and Cheng Yu-tung (centre) and David Sin (left) at Hip Hing’s 10th anniversary celebration in 1971 (WKYP, 1971-5-3); Right: ad for Hip Hing and its 3 construction affiliates in the 1970s In the 1960s and 1970s, Yan Kow was a major figure in the construction industry […]

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Rowland MacDonald Stephenson – first to propose a Hong Kong to China railway

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Rowland MacDonald Stephenson Detail Image 1861 National Portrait Gallery

Hugh Farmer with thanks to IDJ for notifying me about the initial account: The idea of connecting Hong Kong and China with a railway was first proposed to prominent Hong Kong businessmen in March 1864 by a British railway engineer, Sir Rowland MacDonald Stephenson (1808-1895), who had considerable experience of developing railways in India. The minutes of the committee of […]

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Robert Gordon Shewan – CLP, Green Island Cement and HK Rope Manufacturing

Articles, People

Hugh Farmer: Robert Gordon Shewan was born in London on 13th November 1859 (1860 according to 20th Century Impressions – see below) but achieved prominence in Hong Kong as a Scottish businessman. He was the son of Andrew Shewan, master mariner, and Jane Thomson. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1881, at the age of 2,1 in connection with the American […]

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Russell & Company, in China 1824 to 1891

Articles, General, Industrial Buildings + Demolitions, Non-Hong Kong Companies
The Russell & Company Building (Built C.1885).

Russell & Company ( 旗昌洋行) was the largest and most important American trading house in Qing dynasty China from 1842 to its closing in 1891. Samuel Russell founded Russell & Company in Canton, China, in 1824. Dealing mostly in silks, teas and opium, Russell & Company prospered, and by 1842, it had become the largest American trading house in China. Russell withdrew from the company in 1836 and returned to […]

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Military aircraft in China 1930s – Arnhold & Company and the Blackburn Aircraft Company

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Military Aircraft In China, The Far Eastern Review, June 1931 Smaller Image Of Blackburn Lincock Single Seater Foghter Plane

IDJ has unearthed an article first posted in June 1931 in the Far Eastern Review titled Military Aircraft in China. The article mentions the Aviation Department of Arnhold & Co Ltd (“agents for the Blackburn Aircraft Company”). This supplements information we have posted in recent articles on both companies,  linked below. The article begins: Military Aircraft in China. Of the […]

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Shek O Bus Terminus – cantilevered balcony, art deco lettering from 1955

Articles, Industrial Buildings + Demolitions, Transport

HF: Malcolm Morris and I took the bus to Shek O for lunch yesterday. Malcolm hadn’t been for many years and as we set off from Shau Kei Wan I mentioned the extraordinary Shek O bus terminus which he didn’t know about and which has both delighted and puzzled me since I first saw it in 1989. The former because […]

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